For the second time in three days, the N.J. Department of Transportation’s contractor for the final phase of the multi-year, federally funded Causeway project is closing lanes overnight on Route 72, detouring nighttime travelers near Marsha Drive in Stafford Township off the state highway. The work is a continuation of improvements that began over the weekend. Route 72 east and […]
For several years, Kenneth G. Miller, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Rutgers University, taught a course titled “Should I Sell My Shore House?” and – spoiler alert – he did. The family purchased their vacation home, on Barnegat Bay in Waretown, in 1991, and sold the residence in 2015, not long after Superstorm […]
Birds of all types will be coming back to New Jersey over the course of the next three months, in dribs and drabs in March, then gathering steam in April and peaking in May. That’s true of snowbirds, folks who return to the Northeast in planes, trains and automobiles each spring and head to warmer climes, especially Florida, come fall. […]
On the surface, last month’s Surf City Land Use Board meeting was just that – a meeting about land usage in the borough. In actuality, it showcased the dichotomy of a changing business model for restaurant owners as they seek the permanency of outdoor dining and that impact on the community. “I don’t see how the plan reduces impact to […]
It doesn’t take a long conversation with TowBoatUS Beach Haven Capt. Rick Ellenberg to understand how much he loves what he does and perhaps, more significantly, how important doing it correctly and with honor is to him. “You have a problem; I am going to try and fix it. And I am going to try not to hurt someone’s boat […]
The gulls no longer have the best bird’s eye view of the churning Atlantic Ocean in Surf City, thanks to the use of a drone that allows the beach patrol to scope out beach and water conditions daily during the swim season. Mayor Francis Hodgson brought the idea to the beach patrol last summer, and Capt. Mark DiLeo enlisted […]
Pauline D’Andrea came upon a disturbing sight when arriving at her Olde Tyme Smoke Shoppe at 213 North Bay Ave. in Beach Haven this past Saturday morning. Either late Friday night or early morning Saturday, the store she owns with her husband, Andy Garoppo, was broken into. Among the missing items were nine cartons of cigarettes, 30 vapes and $600 […]
For each of the six times the locally based surfing nonprofit Waves of Strength has run its event on the beach in Long Beach Township, there have been throngs of beachgoers, the smell of saltwater and the squawking of seagulls as volunteers helped children with special needs catch waves. On Saturday, March 9, Waves of Strength held an event at […]
Gavin Palamara knew a little about aquaculture prior to sitting in on an informational seminar detailing a new internship program being rolled out this summer. Following the Feb. 22 introduction to the Apprenticeship in Shellfish Aquaculture Program, however, the Southern Regional High School senior’s interest level rose dramatically. “I’m definitely going to apply,” he said. “It’s an interesting opportunity because […]
A big question arose during the Stafford Township zoning board meeting on March 6, and it simply came down to what sort of commercial building board members, and nearby residents, were willing to tolerate within a space along Route 9 opposite McKinley Avenue. The choices – a nearly 47,000-square-foot self-storage facility with a light residential impact or something else, even […]
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